顺
从

Obedient in Chinese: 顺从 (shùn cóng)

shùn cóng

obedient

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 順從1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1obedient
  2. 2to comply
  3. 3to submit
  4. 4to defer

Stroke order

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顺
从

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄨㄣˋ

shùn

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

ㄘㄨㄥˊ

cóng

ㄘ/ cㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

顺从

Simplified

順從

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 孩子不应该无条件顺从父母。

    hái zi bú yīng gāi wú tiáo jiàn shùn cóng fù mǔ。

    Children should not obey their parents unconditionally.

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Related words

从

cóng

from

顺

shùn

to obey

从来

cóng lái

always

顺便

shùn biàn

conveniently

顺利

shùn lì

smoothly

顺序

shùn xù

sequence

从此

cóng cǐ

from now on

从而

cóng ér

thus

从前

cóng qián

previously

从事

cóng shì

to go for

服从

fú cóng

to obey (an order)

孝顺

xiào shùn

filial

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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